Global Environmental Society

Egypt’s Housing Minister has unveiled a proposal to build a new capital city from scratch on an undeveloped desert east of Cairo. The capital city currently suffers from congestion, overcrowding and pollution. Cairo’s population...

Adapting to climate change could have profound environmental repercussions, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Preventing climate change in the first place is far better than adapting to it,...

TERI is a not for profit research institution working in the field of energy, environment and sustainable development. Their success could not have been possible without the support from supporters and partners. Therefore, in...

Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material in order to harvest a broader range of the sun’s energy. The...

Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material in order to harvest a broader range of the sun’s energy. The...

Britain’s first ‘poo bus’, which runs on human waste, goes into regular service this month. Using waste from 32,000 households, the line will operate in Bristol – the European Green Capital 2015. Meike Stolp...

Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have shown that three-spined sticklebacks in the North Sea pass on information concerning their living environment to their offspring, without...

By Michael Gillings Humans pollute the world with many chemicals and some of these affect living things, even at very low concentrations. Endocrine-disrupting compounds, which interfere with hormones, are a good example, but recently...

Large electricity companies across America have joined forces to prevent the spread of solar energy by charging homeowners for selling surplus electricity into the grid. Their goal is to prevent decentralised solar energy. John...

M-KOPA Solar sells solar energy systems in an unusual way: buyers pay each day by mobile phone, a move that makes green energy affordable for many. 175,000 home systems have already been installed in...

The planned ban against plastic bags in California has been postponed and will instead put to a referendum in November 2016. Activists and politicians accuse plastic bag makers of buying their way onto the...

Tackling Global Water Scarcity Through Transboundary Governance Frameworks and Technology Transfer By Angel Versetti Water scarcity is a burning question. Less so for water-abundant or technology-savvy countries and much more so for water-deprived developing countries with little...

International researchers commissioned by a Swedish foundation to analyse global risks have come up with a list of 12 doomsday scenarios facing humankind. While climate change tops the list, artificial intelligence is also regarded...

Climate change could result in a so-called ‘mega-drought’ in the US, scientists war. Lasting for decades, the consequences would be worse than previous droughts. But the catastrophe can still be averted. John Dyer reports...

Gold mining is having serious consequences on the environment in Latin America. The high price of gold has lead to renewed deforestation of the rainforest and rivers are being contaminated with chemicals. But it’s...

French engineer Paul Benoit has developed a heating system that can crunch big data as well. As anyone who has ever used a laptop can confirm, computers generate heat. This fact didn’t escape French...

Geneva’s public transport system rolled out a world first: The TOSA electric bus will rid the city of diesel-operated buses and cumbersome overhead lines. Interested cities from around the world are lining up in...

Japanese whalers have become notorious for capturing and killing whales in the waters of the Antarctic, then selling their meat at a high price. Such expeditions were done under the pretext of scientific research,...

Toyota is making its fuel cell patents freely available to help promote and further develop fuel cell hydrogen technology. At nearly the same time that the game-changing announcement was made, Japanese media reported that...

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Sustainable Development on a Warming Planet Conference

Three prominent personalities will share their insights at the conference in Monaco on
Thursday 24th of April from 4 pm to 6 pm

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco decided in 2006 to set up his foundation dedicated to the protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable development on a global scale. focusing climate Change, biodiversity and water resources.

Jean-Pascal VAN YPERSELE Vice Chairman of the IPCC. Full Professor of climatology at UCL Belgium.

Sunita NARAIN Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment in India,

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Peter E. Merian used to be Director of the Basler Börse and CEO Bank Sarasin, Board Member of National Zeitung and Basler Nachrichten AG and founding member of the Global Environmental Society.

Lord Anthony St John of Bletso is a qualified solicitor and Member of Board, Rados International. Former Vice President of Business Development of OCRA, consultant to Merrill Lynch, director of WMRC plc and Pecaso Ltd. and Non-Executive Director of Regal Petroleum, Lord Anthony is currently an extra Lord-in-Waiting to HM The Queen. Since 1997 to the present he has sat on the Member of Lords EU Select Committee A. He is a spokesman on African affairs, deregulation, financial services and information technology. President of Friends of South Africaand used to be Iegal advisor for Shell in South Africa.

Dr. Betrand Piccard is wellknown for the first ever non-stop balloon flight around the world. Doctor of psychiatry and psychotherapy, President of Solar Impulse, which aims to fly around the world in a solar driven aircraft without producing any polluting emissions, Bertrand hopes to draw the public’s attention to the inevitable changes needed to ensure our planet’s future energy resources and ecology and to give environmental protection a positive and stimulating image.

Dr. Marcelo Cavalho de Andrade is Doctor of Medicine and non-executive Chairman of Pró-Natura international, the first international environmental organization that manages sustainable development and conservation projects funded by international organizations, governments and the private sector in South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Marcelo has been appointed President of ECA –Earth Counsil Alliance a non-profit organization, created by Maurice Strong.